Global Health MSc

You are required to study the following modules:

• Research Methodology (20 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits)

Additionally, you are required to study modules totalling 60 credits from the following:

• Global Burden of Disease (20 credits)
• International Development & Health (20 credits)
• Health Systems and Policy (20 credits)
• Conflict & Health (20 credits)
• Global Health in Local Practice (20 credits)

You will then take the following modules relating to your study pathway choice.

Global Surgery Pathway

• Global Surgery (40 credits)

Health Professions Education Pathway

• Global Health Professions Education in (40 credits)

Disasters & Adaptation Pathway

• Disasters & Development (20 credits)
• Community, Vulnerability and Disaster Risk (20 credits)

Conflict & Security Pathway

• Conflict, Security and Development (40 credits)

We regularly review our modules to make sure our programmes are as up-to-date, innovative and relevant as possible. The modules we offer may therefore change.

The Global Health MSc takes an innovative approach to teaching by providing an interdisciplinary foundation in health and social sciences before providing you with the opportunity to specialise in one of four advanced areas of study.

• Global Surgery: This pathway explores global burden of surgical disease and the place of surgery within the field of global health. This pathway introduces the concept of universal access to safe, affordable and timely surgical and anesthesia care. The role of surgical and anesthesia care in improving the health of individuals and the economic productivity of countries; the state of surgical care across the globe; and a framework for scaling up surgical care at the global, national and local level will be explored. The pathway will prepare students for global health careers focused on providing and developing surgical services and surgical health system strengthening.

• Health Professions Education: This pathway introduces students to debates around the teaching of health professionals across the world. It highlights issues in curriculum design, pedagogy, assessment and training in different geographical, political and social contexts. It encourages students to develop the skills necessary to develop and deliver their own teaching, and to critical assess the factors underpinning the success or failure of educational interventions. Students This pathway will prepare students for global health careers focused on health professionals education in response to shifting global priorities.

• Disasters & Adaptation: This pathway explores the pressures shaping trade-offs between development, adaptation to climate change and disaster risk. The pathway focuses on the roles of the different actors in global health and disaster prevention and response, thinking about the international, national and local architecture of disaster risk and adaption policy. This pathway will prepare students for careers focused on managing disasters through humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction approaches. This pathway is taught by the KCL Geography Department.

• Conflict & Security: This pathway explores the linkages between security and development and key debates and theories in global health and conflict. The pathway focuses on the linkages between conflict and security, including the mechanisms by which development may serve to either generate and exacerbate violent conflict or prevent and mitigate it. This pathway will prepare students for global health careers focused on humanitarian action during conflict, peace building and post-conflict reconstruction. This pathway is taught in conjunction with the Department of War Studies at King's.

This applied approach will enable you to reflect on theoretical and ethical debates, and assess their relevance to the realities of fieldwork using case studies. You will have the opportunity to learn from experts in the field, and share their knowledge and experiences of working in healthcare, development and humanitarian settings.

The programme offers you flexibility with the choice to study either full or part-time. It is made up of optional and required modules totalling 180 credits, with 60 credits coming from a dissertation based on your specialised area of study.